3.00 third; 1.91 fourth; 2.78 fifth; 2.15 sixth; and more than 5.00 thereafter. (Manager Tony LaRussa should put him ''in the bank'' after six and go to his bullpen.)

-- When Seaver was ahead on the count, opposing batters hit .192 against him compared to .253 when he was behind on the count. (It merely demonstrates the importance of control and throwing strikes.)

-- Greg Walker, the slugging first baseman who grew up in the South, hit .292 in 56 games when the humidity was higher than 50 percent and only .243 when the temperature dropped below 60 degrees. (Two interpretations: The Atlanta Braves should try to get him in a deal, or when the humidity soars, pitchers weaken, especially in the late innings.)

-- Of the 12 errors committed by rookie shortstop Ozzie Guillen, only one led to an unearned run. (It could indicate that the bases probably were empty, or that Guillen or one of his teammates followed with a sensational play. Or, surprised by this rare occurrence, the pitcher tried harder.)

-- Harold Baines hit .488 in the ninth inning, .340 from the seventh inning on and .316 with two outs. (It tells us what we already know: Baines is among baseball`s best hitters.)

-- Tim Hulett hit .318 when he played second base, but only .257 when he played third. (As a second baseman, he apparently is content to swing for singles, but at the hot corner, subconsciously or otherwise, he is trying to deliver the long ball.)

-- Second baseman Julio Cruz, who batted .197 last season, hit .230 on the road and only .140 at home. (The Comiskey Park boo-birds got to him.)

-- Cruz batted .348 in the ninth inning. (Don`t pinch-hit for him. Or was it because he had so few ninth-inning at-bats?)

-- The Sox had a .253 team batting average, but hit .415 in extra innings. (They should ask American League president Dr. Bobby Brown for permission to start their games in the 10th inning.)

-- Utility infielder Scott Fletcher hit .457 on the first pitch, highest on the club. (An insignificant stat. Surprising as it may seem, no more than 10 percent of first pitches actually are put into play.)

-- When Floyd Bannister was taken out for a reliever, he left an aggregate of 26 runners on base, but only four of them scored. (Bannister had been erroneously described as a hard-luck pitcher. He certainly had good fortune that more of his baserunners didn`t score. His ERA, which was 4.87 for the season, could easily have been 5.87.

-- Luis Salazar drew only 12 walks in 353 plate appearances. (A psychiatrist would say that Salazar is suffering from impatience, an uncontrollable urge to get out of the batter`s box as quickly as possible.)

-- Ron Kittle hit 18 of his 26 home runs after Aug. 1, which was when he recovered from a shoulder injury suffered on April 26. (General manager Ken Harrelson should not be too hasty in using Kittle in a trade. Had Kittle been healthy, he might have hit 40 home runs.)

-- Kittle hit .257 as a designated hitter, but only .214 when he played left field. (The Sox should send his glove to the Salvation Army.)

-- The 1985 White Sox pitching staff gave up 569 walks, but only 119, or 21 percent of those walks, sprouted into runs. (What it tells you is that all people who are constantly saying, ''A walk is as good as a hit,'' don`t know what they`re talking about. The only time a walk might appear to be as good as a hit is when the bases are empty, but even then a hit is better because the ball is put into play.)

-- Pitcher Gene Nelson had a 4.82 ERA as a starter, but only a 3.09 ERA as a reliever. (That`s as it should be. A reliever`s ERA should be 1.00 to 1.50 lower than a starter`s because many of the runs that score after he enters are charged to the preceding pitcher.)

-- Jerry Hairston hit .243 for the season: .208 as a DH and .369 as a pinch-hitter. He hit .538 when the score was tied. (Once opposing managers discover this, they aren`t likely to pitch to Hairston in the late innings of a tie game.)

-- Carlton Fisk set career highs with 37 home runs and 107 runs batted in, but his .238 average was the lowest for any full season in his major-league career. (Another example that the batting average is an overrated statistic. Runners advanced, on-base percentage and runs scored and driven in are a better index of a batter`s value.)

-- The White Sox had 108 stolen bases. Forty of those were on the first pitch; 16 on a one-ball, no-strike count; 11 on a one-strike, no-ball count;

and 12 on a one-ball, one-strike count. (I don`t know what this proves other than it`s time to extinguish the hot stove.)